BOURBON — Marilyn A. Anderson, 80, Bourbon passed away peacefully Thursday, March 8, 2018, at home with her family at her side.
Marilyn was born the daughter of Forst and Georgia Sechrist Lutes in Kosciusko County on Oct. 16, 1937. On Feb. 9, 1957, in Fort Wayne, she became the bride of Gerald Anderson, who survives.
She graduated from Atwood High School with the class of 1955, and she attended Aldersgate United Methodist Church, Atwood.
She worked many years in the banking business with banks such as Twinsburg (Ohio) Bank; Old Phoenix Bank, Akron, Ohio; and the Etna Green Bank; and as a bookkeeper for Bourbon Lumber Co.
Marilyn was a member of the Order of the Eastern Star and Daughters of the American Revolution. In her spare time she enjoyed knitting, crocheting, quilting, taking pictures, camping, her dog and most of all her family, children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.
Those left to share memories are her husband, Gerald; her mother, Georgia Lutes, Bourbon; two daughters, Sallie (Michael) Chapman and Sonia (Lonny) Berkey, all of Bourbon; three grandchildren: Race (Kristen) Berkey, Brandon (Lily) Chapman and Tate (Lena) Chapman, all of Bourbon; seven great-grandchildren; and her sister, Judith Burgess, Bourbon. She will be greatly missed by all.
She was preceded in passing by her father and a son, Jeffrey.
A service will be at Deaton-Clemens Funeral Home, 115 S. Main Street, Bourbon, at 3 p.m. today. Family will welcome friends from 1 p.m. until the service.
Burial will follow at Stony Point Cemetery, Atwood.
